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Hamas, Oct. 7 and the weaponization of rape
When, immediately after Oct. 7, 2023, several journalists and I entered the devastated kibbutzim in southern Israel, the first thing—the most…
Fiamma Nirenstein
May 14, 2026
World
Israel & Middle East
Sustained’ harassment of Jews at largest U.S. labor union, complaint alleges
Empty chairs in an academic lecture hall.Used here to represent the 3 million members of the National Education Association.
The Jewish World Team
May 14, 2026
World
Israel & Middle East
What Yom Yerushalayim should mean to American Jews
Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day, begins this year at sundown on Thursday, May 14, and continues through Friday, May 15.
Stephen M. Flatow
May 14, 2026
World
Israel & Middle East
The Beyachad gamble: Inside the Bennett-Lapid bid to topple Netanyahu
On April 26, former Prime Ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid announced the merger of the “Bennett 2026” and “Yesh Atid” factions.
Shimon Sherman
May 7, 2026
World
Israel & Middle East
Israel, US decry reported plan to indict mohels in Belgium
Belgian prosecutors reportedly decided on Wednesday, May 6 to indict three Jewish circumcisers for unlawfully conducting the procedure, prompting…
Canaan Lidor
May 7, 2026
World
Israel & Middle East
Ukraine engaging in ‘Twitter diplomacy’ over grain shipment, Israel’s foreign minister says
Gideon Sa’ar, the Israeli foreign minister, took issue with the way that he said his Ukrainian counterpart accused the Jewish state of receiving…
David Isaac
Apr 30, 2026